AWSQuickSetupSSMDeploymentRolePolicy

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Summary

This policy grants administrative permssions that allow Quick Setup to create resources that are used during the Systems Manager onboarding process.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupSSMDeploymentRolePolicy
Default version: v9
Created: 2024-11-15
Last edited: 2026-09-07
Services: cloudformation, iam, lambda, ssm

Control-plane actions (49)

By access level: 5 List, 2 Permissions management, 15 Read, 6 Tagging, 21 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudFormation	16 of 104	2 List, 6 Read, 2 Tagging, 6 Write; 13 restricted, 2 conditional	cloudformation:CreateChangeSet, cloudformation:CreateStack, cloudformation:DeleteChangeSet, cloudformation:DeleteStack, cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet, cloudformation:DescribeStackDriftDetectionStatus, cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents, cloudformation:DescribeStackResourceDrifts, cloudformation:DescribeStacks, cloudformation:DetectStackDrift, cloudformation:DetectStackResourceDrift, cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet and 4 more
IAM	13 of 190	3 List, 2 Permissions management, 2 Read, 1 Tagging, 5 Write; 13 restricted, 13 conditional	iam:AttachRolePolicy, iam:CreateRole, iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole, iam:DeleteRole, iam:DetachRolePolicy, iam:GetRole, iam:GetRolePolicy, iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies, iam:ListRolePolicies, iam:ListRoleTags, iam:PassRole, iam:TagRole and 1 more
Lambda	9 of 121	1 Read, 1 Tagging, 7 Write; 9 restricted, 9 conditional	lambda:CreateFunction, lambda:DeleteFunction, lambda:GetFunction, lambda:TagResource, lambda:UpdateFunction*
Systems Manager	11 of 164	6 Read, 2 Tagging, 3 Write; 11 restricted, 7 conditional	ssm:AddTagsToResource, ssm:CreateAssociation, ssm:DeleteAssociation, ssm:DescribeAssociation, ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutionTargets, ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutions, ssm:DescribeDocument, ssm:GetAutomationExecution, ssm:GetDocument, ssm:RemoveTagsFromResource, ssm:UpdateAssociation

CloudFormation: 16 actions

cloudformation:CreateChangeSet (Write)
cloudformation:CreateStack (Write)
cloudformation:DeleteChangeSet (Write)
cloudformation:DeleteStack (Write)
cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet (Read)
cloudformation:DescribeStackDriftDetectionStatus (Read)
cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents (Read)
cloudformation:DescribeStackResourceDrifts (Read)
cloudformation:DescribeStacks (List)
cloudformation:DetectStackDrift (Read)
cloudformation:DetectStackResourceDrift (Read)
cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet (Write)
cloudformation:ListStacks (List)
cloudformation:TagResource (Tagging)
cloudformation:UntagResource (Tagging)
cloudformation:UpdateStack (Write)

IAM: 13 actions

iam:AttachRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:CreateRole (Write)
iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)
iam:DeleteRole (Write)
iam:DetachRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:GetRole (Read)
iam:GetRolePolicy (Read)
iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies (List)
iam:ListRolePolicies (List)
iam:ListRoleTags (List)
iam:PassRole (Write)
iam:TagRole (Tagging)
iam:UpdateRole (Write)

Lambda: 9 actions

lambda:CreateFunction (Write)
lambda:DeleteFunction (Write)
lambda:GetFunction (Read)
lambda:TagResource (Tagging)
lambda:UpdateFunctionCode (Write)
lambda:UpdateFunctionCodeSigningConfig (Write)
lambda:UpdateFunctionConfiguration (Write)
lambda:UpdateFunctionEventInvokeConfig (Write)
lambda:UpdateFunctionUrlConfig (Write)

Systems Manager: 11 actions

ssm:AddTagsToResource (Tagging)
ssm:CreateAssociation (Write)
ssm:DeleteAssociation (Write)
ssm:DescribeAssociation (Read)
ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutionTargets (Read)
ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutions (Read)
ssm:DescribeDocument (Read)
ssm:GetAutomationExecution (Read)
ssm:GetDocument (Read)
ssm:RemoveTagsFromResource (Tagging)
ssm:UpdateAssociation (Write)

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Lambda	1 of 14	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	lambda:InvokeFunction

Lambda: 1 actions

lambda:InvokeFunction (Write)

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 30 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).
Grants permissions-management actions on iam, but only for scoped resources or under conditions.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

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Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackDriftDetectionStatus",
        "cloudformation:ListStacks"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:CreateStack",
        "cloudformation:UpdateStack",
        "cloudformation:DeleteStack",
        "cloudformation:CreateChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:DeleteChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackResourceDrifts",
        "cloudformation:DetectStackDrift",
        "cloudformation:DetectStackResourceDrift",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/StackSet-AWS-QuickSetup-SSM-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:TagResource",
        "cloudformation:UntagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/StackSet-AWS-QuickSetup-SSM-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "cloudformation:CreateAction": [
            "CreateStack",
            "UpdateStack",
            "CreateChangeSet",
            "ExecuteChangeSet"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "lambda:CreateFunction",
        "lambda:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:aws-quicksetup-lifecycle*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringLike": {
          "aws:TagKeys": [
            "QuickSetup*"
          ]
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/QuickSetupDocument": [
            "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
          ],
          "aws:ResourceAccount": [
            "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
          ],
          "aws:ResourceTag/QuickSetupDocument": [
            "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "lambda:InvokeFunction",
        "lambda:DeleteFunction",
        "lambda:UpdateFunction*"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:aws-quicksetup-lifecycle*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": [
            "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
          ],
          "aws:ResourceTag/QuickSetupDocument": [
            "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "lambda:GetFunction"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:aws-quicksetup-lifecycle*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:CreateAssociation",
        "ssm:UpdateAssociation",
        "ssm:DeleteAssociation",
        "ssm:DescribeAssociation",
        "ssm:GetDocument",
        "ssm:DescribeDocument"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWSQuickSetupType-EnableAREX",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWSQuickSetupType-EnableDHMC",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWSQuickSetupType-ManageInstanceProfile",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWS-EnableExplorer",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWS-GatherSoftwareInventory",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWS-UpdateSSMAgent",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:managed-instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SSMSLRCreate",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/ssm.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForAmazonSSM"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "ssm.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateRole",
        "iam:TagRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-SSM-*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-Remediation*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-Diagnosis*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringLike": {
          "aws:TagKeys": [
            "QuickSetup*"
          ]
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/QuickSetupDocument": [
            "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
          ],
          "aws:ResourceTag/QuickSetupDocument": [
            "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:UpdateRole",
        "iam:DeleteRole",
        "iam:GetRolePolicy",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
        "iam:ListRolePolicies",
        "iam:ListRoleTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-SSM-*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-Remediation*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-Diagnosis*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
        "iam:DetachRolePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-SSM-LifecycleManagement-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ArnEquals": {
          "iam:PolicyARN": [
            "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupSSMLifecycleManagementExecutionPolicy"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
        "iam:DetachRolePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-SSM-ManageResources-*",
      "Condition": {
        "ArnEquals": {
          "iam:PolicyARN": "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupSSMManageResourcesExecutionPolicy"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
        "iam:DetachRolePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-Remediation*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-Diagnosis*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ArnEquals": {
          "iam:PolicyARN": [
            "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-RemediationAutomation-AdministrationRolePolicy",
            "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-RemediationAutomation-ExecutionRolePolicy",
            "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-RemediationAutomation-OperationalAccountAdministrationRolePolicy",
            "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-Automation-DiagnosisBucketPolicy",
            "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-DiagnosisAutomation-AdministrationRolePolicy",
            "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-DiagnosisAutomation-ExecutionRolePolicy"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ArnLike": {
          "iam:AssociatedResourceARN": [
            "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWSQuickSetupType-EnableAREX",
            "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWSQuickSetupType-EnableDHMC",
            "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWSQuickSetupType-ManageInstanceProfile",
            "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWS-EnableExplorer",
            "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "ssm.amazonaws.com",
          "iam:ResourceTag/QuickSetupDocument": "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-SSM-LifecycleManagement*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ArnLike": {
          "iam:AssociatedResourceARN": [
            "arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:aws-quicksetup-lifecycle-*"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "lambda.amazonaws.com",
          "iam:ResourceTag/QuickSetupDocument": "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "lambda:TagResource",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:aws-quicksetup-lifecycle*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringLike": {
          "aws:TagKeys": "QuickSetup*"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/QuickSetupDocument": "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:RequestTag/QuickSetupDocumentVersionName": "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:TagRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-SSM-*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-Remediation*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-Diagnosis*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringLike": {
          "aws:TagKeys": "QuickSetup*"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/QuickSetupDocument": "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:RequestTag/QuickSetupDocumentVersionName": "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:CreateAssociation",
        "ssm:AddTagsToResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/QuickSetupDocument": [
            "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:CreateAssociation",
        "ssm:UpdateAssociation",
        "ssm:DeleteAssociation",
        "ssm:DescribeAssociation"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWSQuickSetupType-SSM-ManageResources"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:UpdateAssociation",
        "ssm:DeleteAssociation",
        "ssm:DescribeAssociation"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/QuickSetupDocument": [
            "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:AddTagsToResource",
        "ssm:RemoveTagsFromResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-execution/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/QuickSetupDocument": [
            "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutions",
        "ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutionTargets",
        "ssm:GetAutomationExecution"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-execution/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/QuickSetupDocument": [
            "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-SSM-ManageResources*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "ssm.amazonaws.com"
          ],
          "iam:ResourceTag/QuickSetupDocument": [
            "AWSQuickSetupType-SSM"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v9, edited by AWS on 2026-09-07. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupSSMDeploymentRolePolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupSSMDeploymentRolePolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupSSMDeploymentRolePolicy

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupSSMDeploymentRolePolicy

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "awsquicksetupssmdeploymentrolepolicy" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupSSMDeploymentRolePolicy"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AWSQuickSetupSSMDeploymentRolePolicy"),
);

Sources

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